Chapter 9: Got Them
The kids decided to walk around the city since they had nothing better to do. Danny was even quieter when they walked around. But no one noticed this. Except Houston. They found the park and decided to hang out there for a while. Danny, Houston, Jack and Keith played 21 for a moment. Rachel was sitting by herself until Alex came up to her.
"You okay?" he asked.
"Yeah. I just worried about Danny more. He even quieter."
"I know why."
"You do! You know why he's been this quiet all this time. And you never told anyone?"
"Hold on, hold on," said Alex trying to calm Rachel down. "I know why he's quieter now. To tell the truth, this is the same place Danny and I went to when we ran away. Well, we were on the other side of the city, the more broke down place. But we were here."
"Really? Danny never mentioned anything about what he did."
"Yeah. I noticed he was a little quiet. I noticed once that he was up real early just to see the sun rise. He was playing his harmonica afterwards."
"I noticed that too. He just went out and bought it with his birthday money. He always played the same tune. It sounded familiar. But I couldn't put my finger on it."
"Hm."
The two continued to talk. They had never done that before. Of course, they had never been alone to get to know each other. They really had never been friends until now. Keith won the game and everyone was ready to go. Both Alex and Rachel didn't know it before, but they were beginning to have feelings for each other.
….
Trix and Curly were on their guard duty.
"Man this is some bull," started Trix.
"What is?" asked Curly spitting into the grass.
"This whole thing. I want to go ahead and finish this."
"You ain't the only one. Nothing's going on. I want action."
"Speak for yourself."
Curly knew what Trix meant. Trix didn't want any real trouble ever since he got out of jail.
They're thoughts were cut off by a truck coming down the street. Trix and Curly knew who they were. They were I.B.K. members.
"I guess wishes do come true," said Curly preparing himself.
The truck stopped and two members got out. It was battle time.
….
At the base of the I.B.K. members, K.T. was talking to one of his assistants.
"Are they taking action?"
"Yeah. We've got a couple out looking for some greasers."
"What about the other greasers?"
"We sent our younger members out for them."
"Good."
….
Trix was stomping on one of the guy's face while Curly was handling his own. Trix turned around to help Curly. The guy got up and ran. The other guy saw he was alone and ran off too.
"Come back here!" yelled Curly and he darted off after the guy.
Trix was about to run after him but something collided with the back of his head. His face hit the concrete. He was gonna put his hand on the back of his head to ease the pain, but the object collided with his head again and knocked him unconscious.
…..
That night, when Rachel and Danny were dead asleep, Houston went out on his midnight walk again. He knew it would be dangerous if he walked around some place he didn't know, so he came prepared.
As he was walking around the park, someone came from behind a tree and cut him off.
"I found one of them," he yelled. Houston didn't know what he was talking about.
He heard the bushes moving behind him and more people came out. Houston backed up but ran into more people.
"B-back off," stuttered Houston. It was obvious he was scared.
"Or you'll do what," said one of the guys.
Houston flipped out a blade. He had 'borrowed' Jason's knife. He didn't get to use it though. One of the guys kicked it out of his hands and it landed in the dirt road. They all grabbed Houston and someone gave him seven quick punches until Houston passed out.